Shakespeare and Catholicism: The Jesuits as Cultural Mediators in Early Modern Europe.

The essay discusses the possibility that English playwright William Shakespeare was a Catholic. Evidence from the time is presented, including the fact that Catholicism was prevalent in Stratford, England, his place of birth, that his mother's family was Catholic, and that the Catholic testament of...

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Publicado en:	Critical Survey Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 72 - 87
Autor principal:	Fielitz, Sonja
Formato:	Essay
Publicado:	Berghahn Books 2009
Materias:	Essays Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Catholic Church Shakespeare, John Charles Borromeo, Saint, 1538-1584 History Religion 21st century (Literary period) United Kingdom
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